Project Gutenberg 2009-08-05 Public domain in the USA. 297 Pinkham, Lydia Estes 1819 1883 Treatise on the Diseases of Women Produced by Bryan Ness, Stephanie Eason, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. "Treatise on the Diseases of Women" by Lydia Estes Pinkham is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work focuses on women's health, exploring various diseases and conditions specifically affecting women, alongside remedies and treatments proposed by the author, including her well-known Vegetable Compound. The opening of the treatise introduces the premise that only women can truly understand the unique pains and ailments that other women experience, emphasizing the importance of experience over mere book knowledge in addressing female health issues. Pinkham establishes her credibility by sharing her personal journey to create remedies that alleviate these specific health concerns after witnessing the suffering of women around her. The text highlights the necessity for women to confide in one another about sensitive health matters, stressing her commitment to maintaining the confidentiality of the correspondence she receives from women seeking advice. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Women -- Health and hygiene Patent medicines Women -- Diseases RG Text Medicine Category: Health & Medicine Category: Gender & Sexuality Studies 301999 2025-07-12T08:28:02.649326 text/html 305652 2021-01-05T09:48:24 text/html 1077599 2025-07-12T08:28:11.225764 application/epub+zip 1081929 2025-07-12T08:28:06.099292 application/epub+zip 167358 2025-07-12T08:28:04.725301 application/epub+zip 1280229 2025-07-12T08:28:14.622765 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1268344 2025-07-12T08:28:10.256751 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337742 2022-09-13T16:14:59.995949 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 260048 2025-07-12T08:28:01.738323 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 259050 2021-01-05T09:48:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 259444 2021-01-05T09:48:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20995 2025-07-12T08:28:14.758738 application/rdf+xml 16847 2025-07-12T08:28:05.235289 image/jpeg 4081 2025-07-12T08:28:04.979277 image/jpeg 93094 2021-01-05T09:48:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 972275 2021-01-05T09:48:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 92621 2021-01-05T09:48:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 1064915 2025-07-12T08:28:02.723347 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia